Oudomxay

from Murmurations by Scott Ezell

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Oudomxay

Sometimes you can’t go back home
the world changes with every door
your heart passes through

Sometimes you can’t say what you know
you try to speak, your teeth fall to the floor
meanings break apart

Someday you might lose your paper throne
the ink and words that build your walls
might burn and blur

Someday you might remember me
someday you might reach to me
I’ll give you all my mind, all my bones, all my hair
all my gasoline
I’ll give you all my window dreams
you can look through them to me

Someday they’re going to draw lines across your skin
to tell you where your body ends and theirs begins
they’ll try to mine you, mine you, mine you
peel back your skin and dig
excavate your streams and stones
twist your lips into a grin

You have your better days when you fly
but when the rain comes you’re going to flow
flow all the way
to heaven or the deep blue sea
someday you might flow to me, flow to me
flow on back to me

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from Murmurations, released March 20, 2017

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Scott Ezell

Scott Ezell is a Pacific Rim writer and multi-genre artist with a background in Asia, border zones, and indigenous peoples. His music spans folk, ambient, and experimental styles.

www.scottezell.com

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